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Split Decision7 May 20243324368

Land at High Street South, Stewkley, LU7 0HR

Planning appeal 3324368 at Land at High Street South, Stewkley, LU7 0HR (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 May 2024 by Inspector Boughton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies.

Erection of one dwelling with associated parking and landscape (Plot 1 only; Plot 2 dismissed)

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Boughton A
Postcode
LU7 0HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies
  • the design and layout of the proposal
  • the effect of the proposal upon biodiversity and habitat for protected species

What decided it

Plot 2 presents a significant conflict with Policy STK1 of the Stewkley Neighbourhood Plan by projecting beyond the defined settlement boundary into open countryside, and this conflict is not outweighed by any material consideration, whereas Plot 1 severed from Plot 2 would accord with the development plan as a whole.

The benefits of housing delivery at a time when the Council is deficient in housing land are limited and do not outweigh the significant conflict with the neighbourhood plan policy protecting the openness of the countryside and the defined edge to the built area, particularly given that paragraph 14 of the Framework applies substantial weight to conflict with a recently-made neighbourhood plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy STK1Policy STK2Policy BE2Policy NE1Policy STK12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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